Pass through, every time if possible.

 

Better shot, better trail.

 

PASS THROUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
True there MAY be more damage being caused w/ an arrow not passing through BUT you should be aiming for a pass through shot! This is what's going to get the job done and offer a much better blood trail if needed.

 

Always hoping for an exit wound.

 

I always hope for the pass through. I would rather have it go all the way through and know it is a large cut than not know if it stuck barely in and not cutting anything vital.

 

Pass through for sure. The only damage I care to see is three clean razor-blade slices through the vitals. Those clean slices bleed fast and clean.

 

No question, pass through.

 

My dad and I go round and round with this one every archery season. He beleives its better to have the arrow stay in and I think its better to have it go threw.

If your shooting mechanicals they say if the arrow stays in with these types the broad head closes so it would be better to have that pass threw for sure.

I feel 2 holes are better than one. Nothing like following a blood trail with blood coming from both sides, plus the arrow may plug the hole and couse it to bleed outside the body cavity less.

 

Pass Through!!!!

Shooting from a tree stand a pass through will leave a far better blood trail. If you hit high on the side and it don't come out low on the oppisite side all bleeding will be internal with a very hard trail to follow.

 

Pass Through for sure

most of my shots are at 15 yards or less so i have a high entrance hole and a low exit hole. with only an entrance hole it makes for harder tracking job if needed.

 

i hate to join the bandwagon, but i have to say without a doubt pass thru.

 

My dog gets most of his work when there is only one hole.

L & O

 

Complete pass thru - This year nice buck heart lung pass thru simple 50 yd trail job, Awesome blood trail to fillow.

 

Complete pass-through on both lungs and the deer will probably be dead in less than 30 seconds, and leave a heck of a blood trail to follow.

 

Pass through

Better blood trail. I no a guy that shot a buck from 15 yards away, complete pass through, the deer jumped walked 10 yards stoped, looked around and died right there. Sharp Bradheads and with the poundage he was pulling i belive and so does he that the deer didn't feel much.

Corbin

 

Another vote for pass through. My personal experiences is that the deer don`t go as far after a pass through as they do if the arrow doesn`t exit.

 

Well i have had arrows go all the way thru and only half way thru. I would have to say a complete pass thru no doubt. The deer tha the arrows havent gone all the way thru is alot harder to track, almost impossible.

 

No doubt about it, A clean pass through for sure. You want that deer to give you a great blood trail exiting that blood from the cavity. If you let them bleed inside, then you may not find them if you only got one lung or a high shot.

 

And I'd rather have a pass through with a small broadhead than a single side poke with a huge 3" cutting radius.

 

Thinking back on all of the deer I, and my hunting partners have hit with arrows, and the subsequent tracking jobs, over many years...

When you don't find the arrow (no pass thru), bad things just seem to happen.

Steve makes a great point. A huge hole in the deer, without an exit wound, ain't the way I want to go. Even if you kill the deer, it could run off a good ways and leave virtually no blood trail. Real bummer to find your deer dead days after hitting it.

I'll take penetration over velocity or cutting diameter every time.

 

Pass through for deer...Turkey's, rabbits etc are a different story.
With sharp heads and a quiet bow...the animal doesn't even know it's hit sometimes.
I shot a deer 2 years ago at 12 yards and he ran for 10 yards more, stopped and came back down the trail to where he was when I first shot him! He took his time to stop and browse, walked 15 yards further, got "sleepy" and layed down.He was never out of sight and expired within 5 feet of my stand.

Interesting as well...there was NO blood trail other than a little right where my arrow hit on the other side. Double lung pass missing the heart. I'm convinced he had no idea I was there or he's been hit.

 

I agree that a complete pass thru is best, but on the other side of the coin the last 2 bucks I took with my bow were not pass thrus, and when the deer ran thru the cover, both arrows were ripped out causing massive damage. One went 35yds., the other 75, and a great blood trail, the type you just stand up and walk to the animal.

Say ya to da U.P.,eh?

 

Pass through!
Certainly rather have a good blood trail.

 

I have read a lot on this thread about the pass through shots on good hits (heart & lungs). I think it is even more important on poor hits. Maybe to far back. I have been on some tracking jobs where the deer was hit to far back and if the arrow had not completely passed through the deer leaving a low exit wound it would have gone unrecovered. IMHO.

 

I like them sticking in the ground when I walk up there..